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DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
One of the process units in oil
refining companies is the Athmospheric Residue Hydro Demetalizer (ARHDM). ARHDM
is a feed storage unit for Residue Catalytic Cracker (RCC) which functions to
clean atmospheric residue from metal compounds, especially nickel and vanadium
with the help of a catalyst and hydrogen. The hydrogen used comes from outside
the plant with lower system pressure. In order for this processing unit to
operate well, especially the ARHDM unit, it needs to be supported by several
very important equipment, including the 12-K-501B piston compressor which functions
as a make-up for hydrogen in oil processing purposes. This compressor has three
six-cylinder stages (2 cylinder stages). This compressor uses an electric motor
drive with a power rate of 5,700 KW. This research explains the evaluation of
the performance of the 12-K-501B compressor and the form of optimization so
that the quality of the compressor performance remains as expected.
Country : Indonesia
IRJIET, Volume 7, Issue 11, November 2023 pp. 684-692